Nasser Katouzian (Persian: ناصر کاتوزیان) was an Iranian jurist, lawyer and emeritus at the University of Tehran.

Nasser Katouzian

Katouzian was regarded a prominent national figure and was a member of the committee in charge of writing a draft for the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran, along with Hassan Habibi, Ja'fari-Langeroudi, Nasser Minachi and Ahmad Sayyed Javadi.[1] He then ran for an Assembly of Experts for Constitution seat from Tehran constituency,[2] however he was not elected. Katouzian was purged during Iranian Cultural Revolution and removed from his professorship position.[3] Later, he was invited to assume his own position again.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Yaghmaian, Behzad (2002), Social Change in Iran: An Eyewitness Account of Dissent, Defiance, and New Movements for Rights, SUNY Press, p. 252, ISBN 9780791452110
  2. ↑ Near East/North Africa Report, Joint Publications Research Service, vol. 2012, Executive Office of the President, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, 1979, pp. 60–61
  3. ↑ Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi (2019). Revolution and its Discontents: Political Thought and Reform in Iran. Cambridge University Press. p. 210. ISBN 9781108426343.
  4. ↑ "'Father of Law' Naser Katouzian dies at 87", Mehr News Agency, 2 September 2014, 103867, retrieved 1 March 2020


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